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The end of love is not marriage, but happiness. With his unique literary talent, Hornby leads readers through an emotional thought experiment in a relaxed and humorous way, and once again explores what love is. People in the world always yearn for pure love that is not bound by prejudice, but whenever such love comes, it is like a flower in a vacuum and cannot be sustained. "I Just Like You" tells a modern love story between a black boy working part-time and a middle-aged white female teacher. The two protagonists met by chance in life and quickly fell in love. However, due to the huge gap between the two parties in terms of age, race, educational background, life experience, economic conditions, social status, and political stance, this relationship is destined to have a slim future. It is unlikely to lead to marriage, let alone the understanding and acceptance of the family. Disappointed, they tried to compromise with their fate and dated romantic partners who seemed to be "well-matched". However, they all ended in failure...

A volume of white drawings full of love and affection between an adopted daughter and her parents, showing the true love in the ordinary. The autobiography of Kawabata Yasunari, a "leading figure" in the Japanese literary world and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is a precious work that peeps into the depths of the soul. It describes the symbol of Japanese beauty with a unique style and strong emotions. It has superb narrative skills and expresses the spiritual characteristics of the Japanese people with extraordinary sensitivity. "The Son of God" is a collection of autobiographical novels by Kawabata Yasunari, which includes four short stories: "Hometown", "Tokaido", "Tower of Sentiment", and "The Son of God". From the age of two to fourteen, Kawabata Yasunari's parents, sister, and grandparents died one after another. The plot of "Orphans from the End of the World" lingered in his life. In "Hometown", the author takes the opportunity of welcoming his adopted daughter to review his lonely boyhood; "Tokaido" remembers his old friend's journey to Beijing and explores the relationship between art and eternity; "God-given Son" describes the father-daughter relationship with his adopted daughter and records the activities of the Japanese PEN Association after the war... "God-given Son" is a precious work that peeks into the depths of Kawabata Yasunari's soul.

"The Book of Sand" + "Shakespeare's Memory" are the final works of Borges' novels. This book is a collection of novels by Borges, the Argentinian poet, novelist, critic, translator, and master of Spanish literature. It includes Borges's short story collection "The Book of Sand" published in 1975 and his 1983 short story collection "The Memory of Shakespeare". They are the writer's last two consecutive novels. Among them, "The Book of Sand" contains thirteen chapters and is Borges's top work in his later writing period. Facing a "book of sand" with endless pages, at first it was a sense of happiness that we took for ourselves, and finally we realized that it was a terrible monster and the source of all troubles. This book is the embodiment of Borges's book worship complex and symbolizes the infinite universe and world. People try their best to break through the unknown, but in the end they experience the infinite and confirm their own insignificance and powerlessness. "Shakespeare's Memory" contains four chapters, including "August 25, 1983", "The Blue Tiger", "The Rose of Paracelsus" and "Shakespeare's Memory". In each chapter, there appears another "I" coexisting with "I", the blue "pebble" that can be derived, the "rose" that is reborn after destruction, and the "memory of Shakespeare" that appears in each chapter. The "memory of Shakespeare" that a person remembers seems to be the presentation of dreams. In fact, Borges uses dreams to explore the relationship between the three human abilities-memory, understanding, and fantasy. Memory is like a cave. It is not a superposition of the past, but a mixture of various possibilities with unclear meanings.

Shortlisted works for the 2020 International Man Booker Prize. A dystopian masterpiece from a female perspective, a poignant and cautionary fable about the power of memory and the trauma of memory loss. It was adapted into a stage play in 2018, starring the popular Japanese actress Satomi Ishihara, which aroused enthusiastic response in Japan. The author Yoko Ogawa has become one of the most influential Japanese writers in the world after Kenzaburo Oe and Haruki Murakami. On the island where the protagonist lives, there were many beautiful things, such as ribbons, emeralds, stamps, roses, libraries, etc., Etc. But I don't know when, swept by a mysterious force, they disappeared one after another. Along with it, the memories associated with these items go. When memory loses support and ceases to exist, how should we face the future?

The work of Nobel Prize winner Kawabata Yasunari depicts the dangers and chaos of young sensibility, the loneliness and fear of being born a woman, and delicately paints a picture of Showa women's life. "Born a Woman" is a representative novel by Nobel Prize-winning writer Kawabata Yasunari. In "Born a Woman", the Sayama couple, who are nearly forty years old, still have no children, but they have a harmonious relationship and live a prosperous and worry-free life. Out of sympathy, Sayama took in Taeko, the murderer's daughter; Arong, the daughter of his wife Ichiko's old friend, also ran away from home to join Ichiko, who longed for a free life in Tokyo. Taeko is restrained, introverted and sick, and her father committed a crime, which made her even more inferior; Arong is bold and willful, and falls in love with Ichiko and Sagawa at the same time. The originally peaceful family is in trouble because of these two girls... Kawabata Yasunari is a master of describing women's emotions and life. In his light narrative, he shows the pure, quiet and lamentable world of women.

The work of Nobel Prize winner Kawabata Yasunari, nine touching moments about love, is the first collection of Zhuyu short stories published in China. "People Who Love" is a short story collection by Nobel Prize-winning writer Kawabata Yasunari. It includes nine short stories including "Mother's First Love", "A Woman's Dream", and "Letter About a Black Mole". A girl who was adopted by her mother's first love after her mother's death and fell silently in love with her mother's first love; a girl who has been unable to successfully date because of her first love's suicide; a wife who feels guilty because of her quirks; a dancing girl who is keen on playing dice; newlyweds who have just begun to feel the loveliness of children... Kawabata Yasunari's short stories are delicate, gentle and natural. The whole book centers on "love" and describes nine subtle moments about "love".

The works of Nobel Prize winner Kawabata Yasunari, the love, joys and sorrows of three half-sisters, and the rainbow-like beauty of life express the spiritual characteristics of the Japanese people with extraordinary sensitivity. "How Many Times the Rainbow" is a novella written by Kawabata Yasunari in 1956. It tells the rather unique story of three half-sisters Momoko, Asako, and Wakako. The background is Kyoto in the early 1950s, shortly after the war. The main line of the story is clear, and the branch lines are mixed but not chaotic. The entanglement between the parents and the alienated and caring relationship between the three sisters are all described in detail. It is a gem in the long history of Kawabata's literature. At the beginning of the novel, the fleeting image of a rainbow is outlined with clear brushstrokes. The beauty and rootlessness of the rainbow is a symbol of the fate of the heroines in the book. The work uses the quaint customs and charm of Kyoto and surrounding areas as the background to depict the love and joys and sorrows of the three sisters' love and life.

An excellent novel by Trollope exploring moral issues. It describes how a dying old squire, Mr. Scarborough, uses his marriage problems to play tricks and thoughtfully plays with the law of primogeniture, which is regarded as a matter of course by traditional concepts, in order to satisfy his rebellious psychology of contempt for the law. Scarborough is an old country squire who despises all laws that represent the will of the ruling class. Not only does he fundamentally deny the law, but he also extremely despises the reputation of honest people. Honesty, which is often referred to in the world, seems to him to be all pretense, and at best it is used to gain a good reputation through honesty. It took Scarborough thirty years to finally break away from the shackles of primogeniture, which was regarded as a matter of course by traditional concepts. He originally wanted Montjoy to inherit the property, but later Montjoy was addicted to gambling and was heavily in debt. He had a premonition that the family property was in danger of falling into the hands of creditors, so he declared Augustus as the legal heir. Unexpectedly, the second son was not a thing, and showed his viciousness towards his terminally ill father. Scarborough could not bear it and re-established Montjoy's status as the eldest son, which shattered Augustus's dream. Unfortunately, Meng Qiaoyi, who inherited the family property, immediately became a hopeless gambler. The family property, which embodies his life's hard work, will inevitably disappear in the blink of an eye. Throughout the novel, there is the love story of Florence and Harry, two lovers who finally get married. Scarborough thought wholeheartedly about Florence, preventing this angelic and lovely girl from being ruined by a libertine, and doing his best to make her happy marriage with Harry.

The emotional entanglement between a man and three women is like the sweetness of a flowing spring; the interweaving of the desire to talk and the frank treatment of each other is like a beautiful flower. The work of Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, a love story in a small town in Japan after World War II, overturns the stereotype of Japanese women and is sincere and touching. With a writing style that is often filled with sadness, he has the insight to discover delicate beauty, and through the characters in the book, he expresses his persistence in love and his feelings about the impermanence of life. The young talent Jun Yizo is an intern. His colleagues in the hospital, Minzi, his cousin Taozi, and the sister of the patient he treated all fell in love with him. The three girls expressed their love for Yisan in different ways. Minzi took care of the sick Yisan, and Taozi went to Tokyo alone to find the whereabouts of Yisan's house. And Yisan and the house can be said to be in love with each other. The house experienced ups and downs. First, her young brother passed away, and then all her belongings were stolen while living in the dormitory with Yisan. She had no choice but to escape secretly, join her former neighbor and sister, and work as a dancer at a US military base. While working as a dancer in the house, the valet Daji was injured in order to save the house from being captured by the US military, which eventually led to his death. The house was in a trance from then on, and somehow returned to the original small town. Fortunately, Minzi met her and sent her to the hospital. Yisan was finally reunited with the house after suffering from worry and anxiety.

Based on the first volume, this series adds Murakami's classic masterpieces, showing Murakami's re-understanding of life and family, focusing on the heart, and reflecting on society. The author uses the confusion of teenagers to continue shouting for youth, looking for the meaning of life under the shell of love, and popping the bubble of capitalism's prosperity and decline through lost women and families. "Collection of Ryu Murakami's Works, Volume 2 (Set of 5 volumes in total)" includes Ryu Murakami's second work "The War Begins Across the Sea" after his debut novel "Infinitely Approximating Transparent Blue" published in 2021, the long love novel "The Melancholy of the Tennis Boy", the author's most famous semi-autobiographical novel "69", "Ibiza", a work that shows the loss of the times, and "The Last Family", a work that asks "what is an ideal modern family relationship". Ryu Murakami once again used his bold and precise brushwork to present a scene with great sensory impact, vividly expressing the despair and confusion of the characters, and the chaos and collapse of society, which is breathtaking.

This collection of novels can be said to be the "original point" of inspiration for Tsunoda Mitsuyo's genius creation. It consists of three short stories about "growth". "Happy Game": Two men and one woman who are neither lovers nor blood related formed a strange but warm "home". Haori and Liren left their "home" one after another to explore the world, but "I" still stubbornly fantasized about continuing to stay in this warm nest... "Carefree Angel": "I" faced an old man, and talked about a man who was wandering in the present. A story between reality and fiction: My mother is seriously ill and hospitalized. "I", my sister and my father fill the emptiness in their hearts with ever-expanding material desires. Life seems to be no longer under their control... "Public Bathroom": "I" is out of tune with the world and refuses to open up to the world. One day, I am cured by a little girl I meet by chance in a public bathroom...

Workplace version of werewolf killing + suspense + healing. Eight years ago, the famous Japanese IT company SHOU opened its campus recruitment for the first time, and six college students stood out from 5,000 people. However, the appearance of a mysterious "report letter" exposed the "lies" and "sin" behind the masks of the six people. The perfect and glamorous persona of a prestigious school student collapsed overnight. If you want to become the ultimate winner, you must clear your name... Eight years later, the mastermind of the "report letter" fell ill and died, but left another message for those who successfully joined the company that year. The new information prompted the successful recruits to revisit the former parties and find out another truth that had been hidden for many years...

In London at the beginning of the 20th century, under the bustling scene, there was an undercurrent surging in the thick fog. The mysterious lady Rachel joins hands with the young reporter Jacob to investigate a series of murder cases: the funeral train case: the dead person shows up at the funeral? Case of car burning and corpse burning: Why does the identity of the charred corpse change again and again? Zoo murder: Why was the cricketer killed by a lion? Cabin Murder: Who killed the woman who had an affair? The Case of the Man's Corpse in the Attic: A seemingly accidental encounter, who is the prey? Lakeside Husband Murder Case: How can the defendant prove his innocence despite irrefutable evidence? ...10 Incredible murders and multiple suspects who were perfectly acquitted. When all the suspects gathered together, the murder happened again. Is the real murderer hiding there, or is there someone else? Behind the many murders, who is the person the real murderer wants to kill?

"Collection of Kawabata Yasunari's award-winning masterpieces (2 volumes in total)" includes "Snow Country" and "The Dancing Girl of Izu". "Snow Country" includes seven classic works from "Snow Country" and "Oil", "Fantasy of May", "Bonfire", "Her Dress", "Chiyo", "Orphan's Feelings" and "Human Heart" from the short story collection "First Love Novels". The story of "Snow Country" mainly tells the story of a Tokyo dance art researcher named Shimamura, who went to the hot spring hotel in Snow Country three times and had a love entanglement with the local geisha Komako and the girl Ye Zi who met by chance. The article is full of delicate emotions of love and futility. "The Dancer of Izu" is a famous work by Kawabata Yasunari. It describes a pure first love story of a young student who meets a teenage dancer in the green mountains and beautiful waters of Izu. It includes "The Dancer of Izu", "The Blue Sea and the Black Sea", "Reunion", "The Wife Riding a Donkey", "Soul Song", "Twenty Years Old", "Beasts", "Parents", etc., A total of 8 short stories.

The Yokoyama family, which has been separated for a long time, only reunites every year on the death anniversary of the eldest brother Junpei. Between the refreshing barley tea, the red watermelon, my mother's specialty fried corn tempura, and the takeaway sushi and eel rice, I spent a seemingly ordinary day leisurely. However, what they shared and tasted was the hidden sadness behind the laughter, the memories inadvertently touched in the careful conversations and irrepressible arguments, and the unspoken secrets hidden deep in each other's hearts...

The set includes: "Once Upon a Time in Iceland 1: The Wild Sea", "Once Upon a Time in Iceland 2: Catching the Stars", and "Once Upon a Time in Iceland 3: The Letter Writer".

The set includes: "Never Stop (New Version)", "Shoplifters (New Version)" and "Deeper Than the Sea (New Version)".

The three Ozawa sisters grew up in the beautiful Kyoto. The eldest daughter Ayaka works in the library and leads a leisurely single life. However, after turning 30, she desperately wants to get married and have children, but she can never wait for the opportunity to fall in love; the second daughter Yui has a strong personality and outstanding appearance. When she first joined the company, she fell in love with her "heartthrob" boss, so she became a thorn in the eyes of female colleagues; the third daughter Rin is a master of science and a good match. A "weirdo" who has no interest in the opposite sex. After graduation, she wanted to leave her hometown and go to Tokyo to make a living, but was opposed by her parents... The Kamogawa River in the spring breeze, the Gion Festival in the summer night, Arashiyama surrounded by autumn leaves, the Togetsukyo Bridge in the winter snow... The four seasons of Kyoto affected the swinging thoughts of the three people, reflecting the various forms of life around them, weaving this tender story.

"There are people who like loneliness, but they don't like disappointment." Let readers around the world know Haruki Murakami's masterpiece, a 100% love novel. The so-called growth is nothing more than learning to live with loss. "Norwegian Wood" is Haruki Murakami's masterpiece and his fifth novel. It has influenced generations of young people and is known as "a demure, sad, and 100% touching love novel." The 37-year-old Toru Watanabe arrived at the Hamburg Airport in Germany by plane. The background music - "Norwegian Wood" by the Beatles - was played softly from the aircraft speakers, recalling the lost scenery of youth in Watanabe's memory 18 years ago... At that time, Watanabe was entangled between the emotionally sensitive and mentally fragile Naoko and the cheerful and lively Kobayashi Midori, who was as cheerful and lively as a spring bear. He was depressed and wandering, and embarked on a journey of self-growth and mutual redemption. The novel is permeated with Murakami's unique sentiments of sentimentality and loneliness, capturing the sentimental moods of thousands of boys and girls. The major Chinese publishers of Haruki Murakami's works and translator Lin Shaohua have joined hands to present a new revised edition of Haruki Murakami's long-running series. In terms of design, we cooperated with the internationally renowned illustrator NomaBar. The three colors of black, white and red depict the subtle blur in Murakami's works between the square and the circle, and the overall presentation is both simple and classic. In terms of content, a lot of revisions have been made around foreign words, restoring the details of the author's intentional emphasis in the original version. Lin Shaohua updated the prefaces of the translations of many works, and made slight adjustments to some of the tone and expressions in the translations. The chronology of Haruki Murakami has been updated to the latest, and a music list is attached at the end of each book.

"Everything must have both an entrance and an exit. There is no other choice." The second part of Haruki Murakami's "Youth Trilogy" is the beginning of Haruki Murakami's creative consciousness. Talk to the pinball machine and find the exit of your soul. In 1973, along with memories of college life and the passing of his college girlfriend Naoko, "I" graduated from college and made a living as an English translator. I met a pair of twin girls by chance, and then we went together to find a "pinball machine" in the bar where Rat and I often went three years ago. Finally, we found the legendary pinball machine stored there with dozens of other pinball machines in an old chicken farm warehouse. After being lost and found, he just left indifferently. Then "I" and the twin girls separated and returned to their own loneliness. At the same time, Rat, who dropped out of college three years ago and has lost his sense of reality, hangs out between the bar of the Japanese-Chinese hero and the apartment of his girlfriend who works in an architect's office. After some psychological struggle, he finally decided to leave his close friend Jie and his beloved girlfriend, pack his bags and stay away from his hometown. The major Chinese publishers of Haruki Murakami's works and translator Lin Shaohua have joined hands to present a new revised edition of Haruki Murakami's long-running series. In terms of design, we cooperated with the internationally renowned illustrator NomaBar. The three colors of black, white and red depict the subtle blur in Murakami's works between the square and the circle, and the overall presentation is both simple and classic. In terms of content, a lot of revisions have been made around foreign words, restoring the details of the author's intentional emphasis in the original version. Lin Shaohua updated the prefaces of the translations of many works, and made slight adjustments to some of the tone and expressions in the translations. The chronology of Haruki Murakami has been updated to the latest, and a music list is attached at the end of each book.

"People do not achieve immortality by extending time, but achieve immortality by decomposing time." A fresh and strange urban fable, a masterpiece of Murakami's dual-line writing. As long as you have the heart, you will lose nothing wherever you go. The novel consists of forty chapters, narrated in the first person. The structure of the novel adopts the form of two intersecting and parallel lines, consisting of two seemingly completely unrelated storylines. The twenty odd-numbered chapters are "Cold Wonderland" and the even-numbered chapters are "The End of the World". The two stories seem to be unrelated, but in fact the "I" in the two stories are essentially two sides of the same person. The "I" in "Cold Wonderland" is the actual real world, and the "I" in "The End of the World" is the virtual world in the subconscious. "I" is in a state of self-division and is at a loss to deal with all the fluctuations. The tragedy is caused by "I" being unable to change the two worlds and being confused and helpless. Both plots are extremely absurd, and the novel uses a deformed technique to express the author's understanding of contemporary capitalist society. "End of the World" can see the shadow of Kafka's "The Castle", which is relatively gentle and depressing. The "Cold Wonderland" part is full of American hard-boiled detective novels and science fiction, with a twists and turns and tense plot. The major Chinese publishers of Haruki Murakami's works and translator Lin Shaohua have joined hands to present a new revised edition of Haruki Murakami's long-running series. In terms of design, we cooperated with the internationally renowned illustrator NomaBar. The three colors of black, white and red depict the subtle blur in Murakami's works between the square and the circle, and the overall presentation is both simple and classic. In terms of content, a lot of revisions have been made around foreign words, restoring the details of the author's intentional emphasis in the original version. Lin Shaohua updated the prefaces of the translations of many works, and made slight adjustments to some of the tone and expressions in the translations. The chronology of Haruki Murakami has been updated to the latest, and a music list is attached at the end of each book.

"There is no perfect article, just as there is no complete despair." The first part of Haruki Murakami's "Youth Trilogy", the beginning of Haruki Murakami's literary universe, is a youth full of contradictions but understated. Listening to the wind singing, I feel the melancholy and helplessness of passing youth. "Hear the Wind Sings", "Pinball in 1973" and "Sheep Hunting Adventures" are collectively called the "Youth Trilogy". The novel unfolds in the first person. "I" was a college student in Tokyo. When I spent the summer vacation in my hometown in 1970, I drank and chatted at the bar with my friend Rat all day long. One day, "I" saw a drunk girl with no little finger on her left hand lying on the ground in the bar bathroom. So he escorted him home and guarded him for a night, which caused a misunderstanding. A few days later, the two met by chance in a record store and started dating, and their relationship became increasingly close. This relationship lasted for 18 days until the end of "my" summer vacation. After that, "I" returned to Tokyo to continue my studies. When I returned to my hometown again during the winter vacation, the girl had disappeared without a trace. A short love affair started accidentally and ended without a clue. In the end, only "I" sat alone on the beach and listened to the summer breeze. The major Chinese publishers of Haruki Murakami's works and translator Lin Shaohua have joined hands to present a new revised edition of Haruki Murakami's long-running series. In terms of design, we cooperated with the internationally renowned illustrator NomaBar. The three colors of black, white and red depict the subtle blur in Murakami's works between the square and the circle, and the overall presentation is both simple and classic. In terms of content, a lot of revisions have been made around foreign words, restoring the details of the author's intentional emphasis in the original version. Lin Shaohua updated the prefaces of the translations of many works, and made slight adjustments to some of the tone and expressions in the translations. The chronology of Haruki Murakami has been updated to the latest, and a music list is attached at the end of each book.

"No matter how dark and thick the clouds are, there is still silver on the back." A powerful work about trauma, introspection, confrontation, and rebirth, facing irreversible loss and facing unspeakable evil. "I", who came from a major, originally loved abstract painting, and became a professional portrait painter in order to support my family. On the eve of the sixth wedding anniversary, my wife suddenly confessed that she was having an affair and asked for a divorce, so "I" drove away from home alone. Finally, at the invitation of my friend Masahiko Amada, I stayed in his father Tomohiko Amada's old home and studio in the mountains outside Odawara to adjust my body and mind. When "I" was teaching at Yamashita's drawing board, I became lovers with two wives in the class. Through the careful planning of my mysterious neighbor Menshiki, I also established a close relationship with the girl Marie. The homeowner, Tomohiko Amada, was originally a famous painter. "I" accidentally discovered a masterpiece of Tomohiko Amada's work unknown to the world in the attic, called "Assassination Knight Leader", thus opening up a dusty history. After that, "I" was involved in a series of incredible events... The ringtone in the middle of the night and the entrance to the ancient temple, the mysterious neighbor Wataru Menshiki and the female student Mari Akikawa in the painting class, the "Knight Leader" and the "Man with a Face", the real world and the metaphorical world... Haruki Murakami uses his special writing method of peeling off layers to lead readers step by step into a wonderful world. The major Chinese publishers of Haruki Murakami's works and translator Lin Shaohua have joined hands to present a new revised edition of Haruki Murakami's long-running series. In terms of design, we cooperated with the internationally renowned illustrator NomaBar. The three colors of black, white and red depict the subtle blur in Murakami's works between the square and the circle, and the overall presentation is both simple and classic. In terms of content, a lot of revisions have been made around foreign words, restoring the details of the author's intentional emphasis in the original version. Lin Shaohua updated the prefaces of the translations of many works, and made slight adjustments to some of the tone and expressions in the translations. The chronology of Haruki Murakami has been updated to the latest, and a music list is attached at the end of each book.

"No matter how mediocre and boring this world is, it is my world after all." Haruki Murakami's first work as a professional writer. Everyone's youth is an adventure. The final chapter of Murakami's "Youth Trilogy" is about escaping from boredom and entering life, embarking on a sheep-hunting adventure. "I" was entrusted by my friend Mouse to use a scenic photo of a flock of sheep in Hokkaido to spread in an advertisement. The secretary of "Mr.", A right-wing giant in the advertising industry and politics, found "me" and forced "me" to find a sheep with a star pattern on its back in the photo within a month. In order to find that special sheep, the protagonist goes to Hokkaido with his girlfriend who has an earmold with incredibly beautiful ears. At the Dolphin Hotel in Sapporo, I accidentally found a photo similar to the scenery photo of a flock of sheep. The hotel owner's father, Dr. Yang, was once a business bureaucrat of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. He was entered by the sheep during an inspection. The sheep used Dr. Yang to establish a huge kingdom that controlled the entire Japan behind the scenes, and Dr. Yang became a "sheep shell" with a weird personality. Under the guidance of Dr. Sheep, "I" found the mountain ranch in the photo in Twelve Falls Town. There was a villa owned by Mouse's father, and here I met the mysterious Sheep Man. The Rat decided to commit suicide because he did not want to be manipulated by the Sheep. After setting up the explosive device, I went down the mountain, met "Mr."'S secretary, and was driven by "Mr."'S driver to the departing train. As the train started moving, explosions were heard from the mountains and black smoke billowed. After that, I returned to my hometown again, conveyed the rat's last regards to Jay, and then sat alone on the old breakwater and cried bitterly. The major Chinese publishers of Haruki Murakami's works and translator Lin Shaohua have joined hands to present a new revised edition of Haruki Murakami's long-running series. In terms of design, we cooperated with the internationally renowned illustrator NomaBar. The three colors of black, white and red depict the subtle blur in Murakami's works between the square and the circle, and the overall presentation is both simple and classic. In terms of content, a lot of revisions have been made around foreign words, restoring the details of the author's intentional emphasis in the original version. Lin Shaohua updated the prefaces of the translations of many works, and made slight adjustments to some of the tone and expressions in the translations. The chronology of Haruki Murakami has been updated to the latest, and a music list is attached at the end of each book.

From a teenager who is at a loss what to do, to a calm adult, whether it is disappointment or collapse, at least we still have Haruki Murakami. Haruki Murakami is that kind of writer. Before you read him and after you read him, you will be completely two different types of people. "Revised Edition of Haruki Murakami's Novels·Volume 1 (Set of 6 Volumes in Total)" contains 6 newly revised editions of Haruki Murakami's novels in 2023: "Listen to the Wind", "Pinball in 1973", "Sheep Hunting Adventures", "The End of the World and Cold Wonderland", "Norwegian Wood" and "Knight Commander". The cover of the revised edition is designed by the internationally renowned illustrator NomaBar; the content has been completely revised, and translator Lin Shaohua has updated the prefaces for many works; Haruki Murakami's chronology has been updated to the latest updates, and the music list of each new work has been added; at the same time, audio interpretations of Murakami's full-length works have been launched to comprehensively analyze Haruki Murakami's path as a professional novelist and find the secrets of Haruki Murakami's creation. I hope this version can provide everyone with a better reading experience, and welcome new and old readers to enter the "100% Murakami World".

After the death of his wife, astrobiologist Theo Byrne raised his son Robin, who was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, on his own, trying to establish order in the lives of father and son. Robin is warm and kind but sensitive and restless. He was labeled as "special care" by the school because of behavioral problems. Only the virtual planet and the outdoors modeled by Theo can calm him. Hoping to save Robin from the psychotropic drugs that ruined his childhood, Theo learns that an experimental neurofeedback therapy might improve Robin's emotional control. After receiving treatment, Robin was radiant with unprecedented vitality, but this beauty hid a mystery - it turned out that his wife's previously recorded brain nerve activity was guiding Robin. At the same time, the entire human world is crumbling: Frequent extreme climates, a wanton system, media that fan the flames, society and ecology are in a mess, and no one can survive alone. As a result, Theo lost his scientific research funding, and Robin could no longer receive treatment. The initial hope even became a boomerang that finally flew towards the father and son...

"My Brilliant Friend" is the first time that Elena Ferrante's "Naples Tetralogy" has been adapted into a graphic novel. The "Naples Tetralogy" tells the story of the half-century friendship between two girls born in a poor area of ​​Naples. The first "My Genius Girlfriend" starts from the girlhood of the two heroines Lila and Elena... It reproduces the despair, anger, confusion, anxiety, and sometimes infinitely bright life experience of the two girls full of vitality in a chaotic and dangerous environment. The watercolors with the texture of Italian frescoes that are between novels and movies, the flexible storyboard perspective, the slightly green modern painting style, and the low-purity pictures may seem plain, but they are enough to construct the psychological world and emotional dimension of the story. It shows the overlapping and separated destinies of the two girls in extreme detail, and peeks into the mud of teenage youth. Readers seem to touch the ever-changing texture of female friendship, and I believe this graphic novel will evoke memories and resonance among girls.

Shenyan Hospital admitted four patients with ILS, idiopathic hypersomnia syndrome, in which patients fall into an endless state of drowsiness. They developed symptoms on the same day, all in western Tokyo. The attending physician named Aiyi kept looking for ways to wake up the patient, but was unable to do so. At the same time, a new victim was reported in the serial killings that shocked the society. The crime occurred in Nishi-Tokyo. Could it be related to ILS? Exhausted physically and mentally, Aiyi went home to recuperate, and learned the origin of the strange disease from the psychic grandmother's mouth: the human soul will become weak due to pain, be sucked away by malice, and then fall asleep. And the way to redeem the soul is to enter the patient's "dream world"? Accompanied by a rabbit-eared cat, Aiyi embarks on a journey to save patients. Little did she know at this time that there was an unknown secret buried behind this journey...

In the form of the protagonist's autobiography, this book tells the life of an ordinary woman before and after the Spanish Civil War. The heroine Natalia is a saleswoman in a candy store. She met carpenter Joe at an open-air dance in Diamond Plaza and got married soon after. They have a son and a daughter and live a tight life. When the civil war broke out in 1936, their lives underwent earth-shaking changes. The men go out to fight, while the women stay to bear the daily responsibilities, living hard as always with the same dedication. She is longing for love but timid, and complaining about life but tenacious. She is the opposite of those radiant women who dare to love and hate. She is a woman forgotten by history, but we are still moved to tears by her story.

When George was four years old, his father died. More than ten years later, while sorting out old toys, grandma discovered a personal letter written by her father to George. In the letter, his father used the Hubble Telescope to cut in, named it the "Eye of the Universe", and looked into the entire universe, telling George a story with the intention of leading George to explore the true meaning of life. Faced with the questions raised by his father, how would George answer?

The most influential fantasy and horror novel system in the 20th century! The "Cthulhu Mythos" was created by the American writer Lovecraft. He built an extremely grand world, filled with creations and existences that transcend human cognitive dimensions and are extremely distant in time and space. George Martin, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, the author of "American Gods", and the famous Japanese cartoonist Junji Ito are all loyal fans. The games "World of Warcraft", "StarCraft", "Hearthstone", science fiction masterpieces "Ultraman", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Alien" and "Batman" are all deeply influenced by it. This series is compiled by the well-known translator Qu Changxuan. The first volume is an eclectic collection of 12 classic short and medium-sized novels, including "Call of Cthulhu", "Temple", "The Nameless City", "The Last Days of Shanas", "Pickman's Model", "History (Outline)", "Old Books", "Him", "The Terror in Red Hook", "Air Conditioner", "The Terror in the Wax Museum" and "Across the Aeons". An unlockable and immersive read that takes you into the world of horror! "I think the greatest kindness in the world is the limitations of the human brain in understanding."

A heavy snowstorm, a boy's three days and three nights, the ancient and charming world of Iceland a hundred years ago. "They are too young, have read too many useless books, and their hearts beat with more uncertainty than others." The boy and his only companion, Bart, who loves to read, went out to sea with the cod fishing fleet. Before leaving, Barthes was so fascinated by reciting the poems of Milton's "Paradise Lost" that he forgot to bring waterproof clothes. As a result, he encountered a heavy snowstorm on the way and froze to death on the boat. With great grief and confusion, the boy set out that night and trudged for two days and two nights in the snowy seaside valley to return the book to the coffee shop on behalf of his friend. He has decided that after returning the book, he will reunite with his friends in death.

Welcome to Iceland. Welcome to the end of the world, the end of the mind. In Iceland a hundred years ago, a boy who never had a name wrote letters day and night. He wrote to people he knew and to people he didn't know. Letters bring hope and reverie to people, slowly and irreversibly changing people's imagination of life... Some people travel far, some break up, some confess their feelings, some go to sea, and some wait in place. "We believe that some words can change the world, they can comfort us and dry our tears; some words are bullets; some words are violin notes; some words can melt the ice surrounding the heart."

"It always snows here, and they are the tears of angels. It covers the ground and illuminates the heavy winter." The boy trudged for two days and two nights in the heavy snowstorm, and came to the cafe to return the books of his deceased friend Bart. In the new place, the boy has to complete a task: accompany the postman James to deliver a letter to the end of the world. What lies before them is a journey that can be fatal at any time: endless wind and snow, waves and mountains, biting cold and eternal loneliness. On their next journey to a wide fjord, the two accompany each other, and both must risk their lives for the other and an unusual piece of mail.

The rain hit the blooming tulip petals and scratched the girl's cold face. The girl died a few feet from the back door of her home, her mouth full of mud, her pants down to her feet, and covered in bruises. Her adoptive parents were accused of murder, but they strenuously claimed that they were innocent because they loved the girl... My father, who is nearly eighty years old, is a criminal lawyer. In the final days of his long career, he was responsible for defending the defendant in this murder case. My father was running around for cases, and I drove him to and from him - but I didn't know that my father was approaching the end of his life...

"Ancient Capital" is one of the three novels mentioned by Kawabata Yasunari when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. It is also one of his highly regarded novels. It describes the joys and sorrows of a pair of twin sisters, and also presents the customs and customs of Kyoto. Chieko was adopted by a brocade merchant and became a beautiful girl. On the night of the Gion Festival, she met Miaozi, a girl from a mountain village, and was surprised to learn that the two were twin sisters. They miss each other, but they cannot recognize each other because of their different identities. The sisters' faint sadness is woven into the beautiful scenery of Kyoto in all four seasons. Kawabata Yasunari uses light and delicate writing to narrate the story of the twin sisters Chieko and Naeko and the loneliness of the world. It brings the readers into a light poetic sentimentality. He writes about the bitter life experience and pure love of the twin sisters, their yearning for a better life, and at the same time shows people's simplicity and kindness.

"A Thousand Cranes" contains four classic novels by the world-famous writer Kawabata Yasunari, "A Thousand Cranes", "Cangha Plover", "Dancing Girl of Izu" and "Hot Spring Hotel". Among them, "A Thousand Cranes" was one of the three novels mentioned when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. It tells a story about an abnormal love affair involving two generations. Mitani Kikuharu's father was a famous tea ceremony master who once had an affair with a woman named Kurimoto Chikako, and later fell in love with Mrs. Ota. Many years after his father's death, Kikuji and Mrs. Ota met unexpectedly at a tea party held by Chigako. Ota, longing for his former lover, actually moved on to his son Kikuji, who also accepted this unethical love... The novel shows the conflict between love and morality, and depicts Japanese culture and psychology to the extreme.

"Life" is the French writer Maupassant's classic debut novel, and it is also his only novel that has been adapted for the screen. This novel was completed under the care of his mentor Flaubert. It was revised several times and carefully polished. It is a work of female spiritual awakening about marriage, growth and disillusionment. Maupassant described the life of aristocratic girl Yana in "A Life". She was innocent, romantic and full of fantasy, but she suffered the betrayal of her husband, the death of her parents and the departure of her children. Exhausted physically and mentally, Yana could only seek some comfort from the dream of life in the maid. "Life" depicts the innocent dreams of women in the background of that era and the collision of their heads and blood in the real society of overflowing desires. It is the epitome of the miserable lives of most women. Even today, unfortunate women can see themselves in Yana and see in this book the heavy pressure they may face.

Life is gray, but lemons are fresh. A shaky soul counts the days to live, and becomes melancholy, frustrated, out of place, escaping, lonely, sick, and destroyed. However, the joy of life always makes people reluctant to give up. What saves people is the small life in the end, so only a lemon or a glass marble can lead to self-care happiness. Kajii Motojiro used words to record the trivial, seemingly meaningless, subtle changes and consciousness phenomena in social life. He did not use clever words to modify it but was faithful to his inner expression needs. He used clear words to express the true appearance of the unfortunate souls in modern life. Therefore, he was known as the "Classic of the Showa". Writers such as Mishima Yukio have stated that they were influenced by him.

"Snow Country" was one of the three novels mentioned by Kawabata Yasunari when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. "Ancient Capital" is one of the three novels mentioned by Kawabata Yasunari when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. It is also one of his highly regarded novels. It describes the joys and sorrows of a pair of twin sisters, and also presents the customs and customs of Kyoto. "A Thousand Cranes" contains four classic novels by the world-famous writer Kawabata Yasunari, "A Thousand Cranes", "Cangha Plover", "Dancing Girl of Izu" and "Hot Spring Hotel". Among them, "A Thousand Cranes" was one of the three novels mentioned when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

The author of the "Dune" series joins hands with the author of the "Star Wars" series of novels to create a new fantasy world with magical elements + steampunk settings! Comparable to contemporary "The Chronicles of Narnia", the "Crystal Door" trilogy recreates the fantasy classic! Their father is a brother, and their mother is two sisters. A pair of strange cousins ​​- Gwen and Vic, accidentally passed through the magic door and came to the island of Ilandia. The adventure begins: the mysterious storm of ancient magic, weird and exquisite mechanical devices, unheard of and unseen magical animals! The magical world dazzles the siblings, but it also contains hidden dangers: the struggle between the saints of light and the saints of darkness, the feud between the inhabitants of the sea and the inhabitants of the land, as well as the mystery of the siblings' life experiences and ancient prophecies...

The paint on his teeth was as red as blood, and the scars on his body burned like fire. The curved lines represent the wings of a crow, and the tattoo commemorates something that is forever lost. He closed his eyes and swallowed the sun. Under the dark sun, he will become a god. The winter solstice is an important festival symbolizing revival and the most important day in the holy city of Towa. The sun priest Nalanpa wanted to restore the sun priest's past glory, but he was deeply involved in factional fighting. He was deprived of his title before the winter solstice ceremony and almost died. There is widespread dissatisfaction in the city of Towa, and paganism is reviving; the Sun Priest has been assassinated repeatedly, and the major families have evil intentions; the death of the mistress of the Carrion Crow Clan, was it an accident or was she killed? The mysterious young man Serapio came to Towa on the winter solstice. He came to collect the blood debt and avenge the Crow God.

The author of the "Dune" series joins hands with the author of the "Star Wars" series of novels to create a new fantasy world with magical elements + steampunk settings! Comparable to contemporary "The Chronicles of Narnia", the "Crystal Door" trilogy recreates the fantasy classic! The prince returns to the distant sky country of Iraksh to face his responsibilities and destiny. The five partners went together, but they did not expect that the road ahead would be filled with traps set by the Dark Saint. The fate of the sky city of Iraksh is closely linked to the magical island of Ilandia. "The five crystals shine like the sun and will reveal the chosen one. The study time is over, the chosen ones gather, and the final battle between the Dark Saint and the Light Saint is coming!"

The life of middle-aged writer Tokio Takenaka seems to be happy and perfect. He has a virtuous wife and three smart children. However, in fact, his career has stagnated and his life lacks passion. He is struggling all day long between his remaining ideals and real life. During this period, he met Fangzi, a female disciple who also loved literature and deeply admired him. Yoshiko is the flower of hope and spiritual food in his ordinary life. The beauty of Yoshiko caused flowers to bloom in the wasteland of his heart, and the rusty bell rang again. Yoshiko brought new vitality to his life. But now he has to go back to the lonely and desolate past again, to the calm and mediocre life before...

There are more than a thousand beacons in the galaxy, and I stay alone at the edge of the eighth sector. In beacon No. 23, I am an ordinary beacon operator working for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. I monitor and maintain beacons and help spacecraft transit. One day, the beacon malfunctioned and a faster-than-light spacecraft crashed into a huge rock. In just a short moment, the originally peaceful starry sky turned into the scene of a huge disaster. At that time, I didn't know that war was coming, let alone that I, an ordinary beacon operator, would decide the lives of countless people. Should we choose war or peace? My answer is, I choose to save lives.

The author of the "Dune" series joins hands with the author of the "Star Wars" series of novels to create a new fantasy world with magical elements + steampunk settings! Comparable to contemporary "The Chronicles of Narnia", the "Crystal Door" trilogy recreates the fantasy classic! A sudden kidnapping brings Gwen and Vic to the Mellon Kingdom in the underwater world. The moody undersea monarch, the ferocious and aggressive General Mellon, the evil and cunning Dark Saint - Azrik. Dangerous and hot magic lava surges on the bottom of the sea, and poor Mother Kwai is enslaved. How can Gwen, Vic and their three partners escape from birth, rescue Mother Kwai, and rescue Ilandia in distress?

There are not only desolate gravels and sand dunes here, but also full of savage life. In this city on the dunes, the wind and sand never stop, so people can't stop either. For as long as Palmer can remember, he has always wanted to be a sand diver and be like his father. He dreams of going under the dunes to find the legendary Danwa. Search for treasures in ancient underground cities. But at that time, he didn't know where this temptation from the old world would take him, and what fate would befall his mother, sister, brother, and his long-lost father.

I was once a blastocyst, a fertilized egg. Together with hundreds of other fertilized eggs, they were sent to the colony spacecraft to find a habitable planet. I was fifteen years old when I first opened my eyes. Find yourself in a square glass column. A girl came to life in a large incubator adjacent to mine. We were all shaped differently, and we were supposed to have fifteen more years in the incubator, learning and growing, ready to conquer this new planet. But now, as children, our eyes are filled with dancing flames and people running away frantically. I held the girl's hand and ran forward. I didn't know who was the friend and who was the enemy, but I only knew that we must run, survive, and face this unknown world...

The author of the "Dune" series joins hands with the author of the "Star Wars" series of novels to create a new fantasy world with magical elements and steampunk settings! Comparable to contemporary "The Chronicles of Narnia", the "Crystal Door" trilogy recreates the fantasy classic! Their father is a brother, and their mother is two sisters. A pair of strange cousins ​​- Gwen and Vic, accidentally passed through the magic door and came to the island of Ilandia. The adventure begins: the mysterious storm of ancient magic, weird and exquisite mechanical devices, unheard of and unseen magical animals! The magical world dazzles the siblings, but it also contains hidden dangers: the struggle between the saints of light and the saints of darkness, the feud between the inhabitants of the sea and the inhabitants of the land, as well as the mystery of the siblings' life experiences and ancient prophecies...

At the beginning of the story, Patty is dead. Film director Richard Lees embarks on a long journey of mourning. He meets another lost soul. During the journey, Florence, a magical 12-year-old child, walked into the sludge of dirty reality. What connects Katherine Mansfield, Charlie Chaplin, Shakespeare, Rilke, Beethoven, Brexit, the present, the past, North, South, East, West, a man mourning a lost era, a woman trapped in the modern age? Spring. Great connection. Ally Smith looks at how stories change over time and uses one of Shakespeare's most intriguing works, Pericles, Prince of Tire, to tell an impossible story set in unbelievable times. Between the wall and the blockade, Smith opened - the door. We live in an era that is changing nature. Will it change the nature of the story? Hope lasts forever.